Building record MLI90701 - Boston Unitarian Meeting House, Spain Lane, Boston

Summary

Unitarian Chapel and Burial Ground built in 1819.

Type and Period (2)

  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1819 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1819 AD? to 2050 AD)

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Full Description

Unitarian chapel built in 1819. Red brick in Flemish bond, ashlar quoins, plinth and dressings. Brown brick to side walls, hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves on paired brackets. Two storeys, three-bay front, stone plinth with central double doors, with flush panels, and Gothick fanlight. Rear elevation has central ashlar plaque inscribed 'Built MDCCCXIX' and two round-headed Gothick sash windows. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {1} The chapel was visited in 2008 as part of a survey of nonconformist buildings in the Boston Borough. A burial ground with monuments, including early 19th century table-tombs, survives to the rear of the chapel. The Unitarian congregation moved to the chapel in Spain Lane from a chapel in Chapel Row in 1819.{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}{7}{8}

Sources/Archives (8)

  •  Index: Department of Culture, Media and Sport. 1999. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 716-1/10/181 (053.330).
  •  Digital Archive: Lincolnshire County Council. 2004-2009. GIS layer depicting locations and survival of nonconformist chapels. 13898.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: R.W. Ambler. 1979. Lincolnshire Returns of the Census of Religious Worship, 1851. Page 48 No.243.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Christopher Stell. 2002. Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Eastern England. Page 198-9.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Pishey Thompson. 1856. The Histories and Antiquities of Boston. Page 205.
  •  Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. 108/12 109/9.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). Page 162.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition. Page 283.

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Grid reference Centred TF 32964 43952 (13m by 16m) Surveyed
Civil Parish BOSTON, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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